Month: February 2015

Copyright Mixtape: How The “Blurred Lines” Lawsuit Could Change Music Forever

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams are headed to court next week to refute claims that their 2013 tune “Blurred Lines” infringed on Marvin Gaye’s hit “Got To Give It Up.” If you believe the doom and gloom of the Gaye estate’s lawyers, the case is controversial because it could rewrite the rulebook on what copyright…


Traktor + Serato DJs: Switching DJs on 1 Soundcard

  One of the challenges for Traktor and Serato DJs sharing the same soundcard is seamlessly transitioning between laptops with only one soundcard or mixer. This isn’t an issue for DJs that use CDJs or Rekordbox since the other DJ can mix in on the other player. Ean Golden has a simple trick that makes switching between DJs…


Renman Live #082 with Grammy Award Winning Producer Alex Da Kid


Exodus Movement – Remember ft. Cook Turner


Big Sean “Dark Sky Paradise” Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist & Album Snippets

UPDATE: Snippets of Big Sean’s “Dark Sky Paradise” album have been released. Big Sean’s Dark Sky Paradise album is slated to be released February 24, according to iTunes….


Jimmy Edgar’s Top 5 Gear Innovations for 2015

Los Angeles-based Detroit native Jimmy Edgar was signed to Warp Records at 18, and has since produced under a variety of monikers, working with an even wider assortment of collaborators, from his Ultramajic co-founder and JETS cohort Machinedrum, to former Beta Band singer Steve Mason. Jimmy got his chops playing piano at Baptist churches in Detroit…


Video: Kanye West Calls Out Nike During Grammy Weekend (“Should Nike Be Scared Of Kanye West?”)


See Kanye West’s Innovative, Claustrophobic ‘SNL’ 40 Performance


Influential DJ Zane Lowe Leaving BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, who shared his keen ear for emerging new music with the famed British broadcaster for a dozen years, has announced that he will be leaving his tastemaking program on March 5th. “I want to thank everyone at Radio 1 for their support and friendship,” Lowe said in a statement. “The station…


Apple Doesn’t Want to Compete — It Wants to Own the Record Business